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SSL VPNs: Port pf Entry for Extended Enterprise Security

Overview To seize market opportunities and increase productivity, businesses increasingly need to open their networks to thousands of Internet-based remote users. IT must support the demands of this "extended enterprise"--mobile employees and partners accessing sensitive data from untrusted environments and devices--with a new security model. To learn more about emerging requirements for application-level protection, endpoint security, and scalability, read the white paper "SSL VPNs: Port of Entry for Extended Enterprise Security" by security expert Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Aventail	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	April 2005	Downloads	10
Format	White Papers
Topics	VPNs, Network Security, Security Management, SSL - TLS

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